Interface IndexWriter

src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/IndexWriter.java:26–47

import org.apache.nutch.plugin.Pluggable;

public interface IndexWriter extends Configurable, Pluggable {
  /** The name of the extension point. */
  final static String X_POINT_ID = IndexWriter.class.getName();

  public void open(Configuration job) throws IOException;

  public void write(NutchDocument doc) throws IOException;

  public void delete(String key) throws IOException;

  public void update(NutchDocument doc) throws IOException;

  public void commit() throws IOException;

  public void close() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Returns a String describing the IndexWriter instance and the specific
   * parameters it can take
   */
  public String describe();
}